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Beirut (Lebanon), 05/30/2017, Sr. Henriette-Myriam.- For the first time In the month of May, the Church of Maronite Rite, where we actually are now (since we were before in the Latin Rite): Father Georges, priest of the Mar Takla Parish and a group of parishioners invited us to live the Marian pilgrimage. Sister Bernadette of Lourdes and myself (after twenty years of presence in Lebanon), have lived these beautiful daily celebrations from family to family with the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the morning, the statue arrived in the family where we would go in the evening (the statue would stay there until the next day).
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Bucaramanga (Colombia), 06/23/2017, Sr. Luz Karime Mancipe Laguado.- Pope Francis invited us, religious to “wake up the world, to leave the nest which encloses us in order to be sent.... as the most concrete way of imitating the Lord”. With this certitude, from April 19 to May 20, 2017, we experienced as the dawn of our faith and vocation the canonical visit of our Superior General, Sr. Maria Escayola Coris and the General Councilors: Sr. Mariamma Paul Ollukaran, Sr. María Leonor Charria Angulo, Sr. Rosario Amelia Garcés del Castillo, Sr. Diana Gisela Dolorita and Sr. Blanca Aurora Marín Hoyos.
Cochabamba (Bolivia), 07/12/2017, Sr. Socorro García A.- In the casa de retiro Marie Poussepin (Marie Poussepin Retreat House) in Cochabamba-Bolivia the second national meeting of the Laity of the Dominicans of the Presentation in Bolivia took place from June 11 to 12. The delegations from the Departments of La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba participated in this meeting. With great hopes and expectations we shared the joy of the meeting and admired the beauty of the place. At the end of these days of rich reflection, Josué Barra, a laity who came from La Paz had an enjoyable talk with some of his companions:
Port-au-Prince (Haiti), 06/18/2017, Sr. María Genoveva Rivera.-After the earthquake of 2010 in Haiti, the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation of the province of Medellín planned to build a house for meetings and retreats in Port-au-Prince, in the service of religious, laity and parishes, among others. This dream became reality from July 2016 when the first stage was put into service with 30 fully equipped single rooms.
Santafe (Colombia), 06/01/2017, María Teresa Buitrago E., Faculty of Nursing; María Stella Rodríguez Arenas, Faculty of Theology; Carlos Eduardo Nieto, Faculty of Architecture and Design.- For more than two years, the “Pontificia Universidad Javeriana” (Xavier’s Pontifical University) has been present in Agua de Dios (water of God) for the development of the Investigation Project titled: "Comprehensive approach to the social structure of the territory of Agua de Dios starting with leprosy as the basic reality".
Medellin (Colombia), 06/14/2017, Sr. Ana Cecilia Villegas.- On June 8, the new mission in the Province of Medellin, “Maison Marie Poussepin” was blessed. It is “A peaceful place to be happy”. It is a 10 floor house with 100 rooms to receive autonomous and independent adults. The celebration was presided over by Monsignor Ricardo Tobón Restrepo, Archbishop of Medellin.
Bogotá, D.C (Colombia), 06/13/2017, Sr. Juliana Alejandra Triana Palomino.- “Predicando ando. ¡Sencillo y normal!” (Go, Preach. simple and ordinary!), is the name for the Project of the Means of Social Communication (MSC) for the service of preaching in the Province of Santafé. It looks for new means to bring the Good News of Jesus to all the corners of the world.
Cochabamba (Bolivia), 06/11/2017, Sisters of the Community of Marie Poussepin, Puntiti.- "Based on the teachings of the Catholic Church, we assure that one’s conscience is over and above unjust laws because evil continues to be evil even if a law permits it to continue. The last word on this point resides in each person and it is our moral responsibility to protect and to ensure the right to conscientious objection", said the Bolivian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Venezuela, 06/11/2017, Sr. Nícida.- The experience we are living during these days of protests, where the repression is getting worse every day, there is also a desire of fighting for a free Venezuela from the Venezuelans. This is part of our daily life. Faced with this reality, I contemplate and I ask myself: Is Venezuela a question of Justice and Peace? Because many opponents and government officials go out for you, they shout for you, they organize for you...